Living out the “As We Go” Mission
My checked bag had gotten misplaced on the trip home from Peru, somewhere in-between Iquitos and Los Angeles—so when I arrived in Austin I filed a claim for lost luggage, then went home. The next evening I got a message telling me that not only had it arrived in...
Finding Gold in the Dust
One of the things we did in Peru 2023 was to hold medical clinics. In fact, one of the things Overseas Missions has done on many of their trips is to hold medical clinics as an outreach method. We give people actual medical treatment to the extent we can, then we...
Taking Homeless Drug Addicts to Dinner
One of the things I love about going on mission trips with Overseas Missions is that we just don’t do what is expected of us. Most short term mission trips seem to involve preaching at churches, building something for people, and/or feeding the poor. All of these...
Training a Son of Our Father To Heal the Sick
One of the things we did in Peru 2023 with Overseas Missions was hold medical clinics, which, being a nurse, I play a role in. The clinic process usually involves seeing patients, assessing their needs, giving medications where possible, then sending the problem list...
